Hazard analysis of unemployment duration by gender in a developing country: The case of Turkey

Labour

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-530

  Tansel, Aysit ^a   Taşçi, H Mehmet ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER ISSUE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT;

TURKEY;

EID: 78649598065     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2010.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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